Road traffic accidents

A woman was hit by a bus at the junction of Woodlands Avenue 2 and Avenue 7 last Thursday and remains in serious condition after brain surgery. Lianhe Wanbao yesterday identified the victim as Ms Gao Mei Ling, 24, and reported that she was out of critical danger but still in a coma. A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) spokesman told The New Paper that it responded to a road traffic accident on March 8 at 8pm and took an unconscious woman to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. Ms Gao, who is from Liaoning, China, works in a factory here. Her older sister, Madam Gao Wu Yi, a housewife in Singapore, told TNP her sibling was on the way home from shopping when she was hit by a 40-seater private bus near her block. Madam Gao told their parents, who flew in from China on Friday. Madam Gao told Lianhe Wanbao that the doctors had told her that there was a chance Ms Gao would remain in a vegetative state for the rest of her life. Madam Gao described her sister as a sociable person and said she had made … [Read more...] about Comatose victim of accident continues to fight for her life

By Philippine News Agency At least 65 people were wounded in a traffic accident on Monday, January 30 along a highway in the Les Yvelines department in western Paris, local authorities have said. A big pile-up occurred early Monday morning on the A13 highway, after two buses, a semi-trailer, and four cars crashed into one another, Les Yvelines prefecture said. At least 65 people were injured in the accident, with five in critical condition. Dozens of rescuers were in place to help evacuate the victims. The cause of the accident is yet to be known. Tags: A13 Highway, accident, At least 65 wounded in traffic accident in Paris, Les Yvelines department, Paris, road accident, western Paris, World news … [Read more...] about At least 65 wounded in traffic accident in Paris

By Charissa M. Luci The House Committee on Transportation, chaired by Catanduanes Rep. Cesar Sarmiento pushed for the final adoption of House Resolution 779, which calls for the full-blown implementation of at least six major laws on road safety. Sarmiento also expressed the House’s commitment to coordinate with the concerned implementing agencies and road safety advocates in coming up with needed budgetary and regulatory laws, policies and strategies to promote road safety. He said Congress will exercise the oversight powers to ensure the proper implementation of road safety laws, policies and strategies. “The House of Representatives has observed that, despite the Philippines presently having a number of road safety laws, road safety risks can still be observed nationwide largely due to ineffective law enforcement and budgetary and personnel constraints,” Sarmiento, who authored HR 779, said. He expressed alarm over the “significant” number of road … [Read more...] about House urges land transportation agencies to fully implement road safety laws

BALANGA City: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ Episcopal Committee for Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI) commemorates the 10th World Day of Remembrance for Road Victims on Sunday. “This day is solely dedicated to remembering the many millions killed or injured in road crashes and their families and communities,” Bataan Bishop and CBCP-ECMI chair Ruperto Santos said. The prelate said the occasion is also the time to pay tribute to emergency crew members, police and medical professionals who deal with traumatic aftermath of road death and injury on a daily basis. The event will be marked with proposed ritual of candle-lighting after the recitation of the Post Communion prayer during the mass. The candles represent all whose lives have been touched and changed forever by road accidents as a way to comfort and console the road victims and their families. The national celebration will be marked with a mass at the St. Peter Cathedral … [Read more...] about Church remembers int’l road victims’ day

A young police officer died after he was run over by a truck last Tuesday night in Parañaque City (Metro Manila). A police report said Police Officer 1 JC-Nel Eugenio, 24, who was assigned at the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), died instantly. The truck driver, Virgilio Obregon, immediately surrendered to the police. Obregon has been charged with reckless imprudence resulting in homicide. He said he should not be blamed for Eugenio’s death since the latter forced his motorcycle into a narrow space between the truck and another vehicle around 11 p.m. along a stretch of East Service Road in Barangay San Martin de Porres. Obregon added that he tried but failed to stop his truck from hitting the motorcycle. NELSON S. BADILLA … [Read more...] about POLICEMAN DIES IN PARAÑAQUE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

30 May: Prasarana says they are not responsible for the accident In response to reports linking the accident to the LRT extension project, Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd project development group director Zulkifli Mohd Yusoff said the company was not responsible for the accident. “We wish to clarify that it was a traffic accident. It was not an LRT site incident,” he said in a statement. "We believe the incident occurred as the driver was turning into a corner and are ruling out the possibility that the trailer was overloaded," he said adding that the police also believed the driver was not speeding. Petaling Jaya Traffic chief Deputy Supt Wong Siw Choon said the police were working closely with the Chemistry Department, Puspakom and the Road Transport Department to investigate the matter. 29 May: Boom crane falls off trailer and kills 27-year-old Kelvin Kumar Kelvin Kumar, 27, who worked at a restaurant in Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar, was killed on the spot while his employer, … [Read more...] about [NEW UPDATE] Freak Accident in Subang: Prasarana Says ‘It Wasn’t Me’

Malaysia has been ranked as one of the top three countries in the world with the deadliest roads A report by Bloomberg on 20 June cited statistics from World Health Organisation (WHO) for 2013, stating that Malaysia is among the emerging countries with the riskiest roads after Thailand and South Africa. "Road users in low- and middle-income countries are more than twice as likely to die in a traffic accident than their counterparts in developed nations," read the report. For a nation that is aspiring to become a developed country, Malaysia should look towards decreasing its traffic-related death rate According to the data, Malaysia registered a death rate of about 23 per 100,000 population. Based on this statistic against the estimated population of 30 million Malaysians, about 7,000 to 8,000 people in the country die on the roads every year. A quick check on the report by Bloomberg shows that it is also consistent with the data presented by the Transport Ministry earlier this year … [Read more...] about Death Rates On Malaysian Roads Is 3rd Highest Globally, More Than China And India

As people age, they tend to lose sharpness when it comes to reaction time, spatial awareness, and vision. In Japan, where the elderly population has been swelling for the past two decades, that shift has led to an alarming trend on the road. Recent data from the country’s National Police Agency show that 13% of traffic deaths (459 fatalities) were caused by a driver 75 years and older in 2016. That’s up from 7.4% in 2006. What’s more, senior-caused traffic accidents, fatal or not, have been increasing since the late 1990s. Two factors seem to be at play. The first is that the rate of traffic fatalities overall has actually been going down – the 2016 figure was a 67-year low for Japan. But the other is that Japan’s elderly population keeps growing, which means more older drivers are on the road. As a result, the elderly are keeping the traffic death count higher than it would be if they were to hand over their keys. Private … [Read more...] about Traffic deaths are surging in Japan because of all the seniors behind the wheel

Former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith, 34, was shot and killed on Saturday night in what the police are calling “an apparent road-rage incident” after a traffic accident. In addition to Smith, who was shot several times, his wife was also shot in the leg and has been hospitalized, according to NBC News. New Orleans Police Department spokesman Tyler Gamble on Sunday identified the suspect as Cardell Hayes, 28. Gamble said the investigation was ongoing but did not release further details. Online court records show Hayes pleaded guilty in 2014 to one count each of possessing an illegal weapon and possessing drug paraphernalia. New Orleans Police said Smith’s car was rear-ended by a Hummer H2 and then his Mercedes hit a Chevrolet Impala that was in front of him. According to a police statement, “the male victim and the driver of the Hummer exchanged words at which time the driver of the Hummer produced a handgun and shot the male … [Read more...] about Former New Orleans Saints defender Will Smith shot dead in possible road-rage incident

Thailand now tops the rankings as the country with the highest death rate in road accidents, according to one global survey. Despite government attempts to reduce the number of casualties, a seminar on road safety was told on Monday that Thailand now tops the road death list on the World Atlas website."The road death rate in Thailand is a matter of extreme concern as the country now ranks first, surpassing the deadliest country in the last survey, Libya," Thaejing Siripanit, secretary-general of the Don't Drive Drunk Foundation, told the seminar.He was referring to rankings published in November by the website which gives appraisals on various topics, among them road safety.World Atlas, which provides online information on travel, society, economics and environment, ranked 30 countries around the world.Thailand's estimated road traffic death rate (per 100,000 population) stands at 36.2 this year, followed by Malawi (35) and Liberia (33.7).African countries filled most top-10 slots.The … [Read more...] about Thailand tops road death ranking list